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Government |
Nonprofits |
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1929 |
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1930 |
- Pres. Hoover asks foundations for report on how to handle social challenges of the Depression
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- W.K. Kellogg Foundation establishedˇ Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation foundedˇ Andrew W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust founded
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1931 |
- Bread lines and charity drives in cities
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- Red Cross distributes food and clothing
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1932 |
- Philadelphia provides relief payments to citizens
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation created
- Emergency Relief Act passed
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- W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation created
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1933 |
- FDRoosevelt inaugurated as president, declares a bank holiday
- Emergency Banking Relief Act passed
- Civilian Conservation Corps created
- Agricultural Adjustment Act pays farmers not to grow crops
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration created
- Farm Relief Act passed
- Tennessee Valley Authority created
- Federal Securities Act passed
- Farm Credit Act passed
- Glass-Steagall Act creates Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Home Owners Refinancing Act passed
- National Industrial Recovery Act passed
- Civil Works Administration created
- Recreation leaders are publicly funded
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1934 |
- Securities Exchange Commission established
- Federal Communications Commission created
- Taylor Grazing Act passed
- Commodity Credit Corporation created
- Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act passed
- Federal Surplus Relief Corporation created
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1935 |
- Revenue Act allows corporations to take tax deductions on donations
- Works Progress Administration created
- National Youth Administration created
- Farm Credit Act passed
- National Labor Relations Act passed
- Social Security Act passed
- Wealth Tax Act passed
- Federal Power Act passed
- Rural Electrification Administration established
- Soil Conservation Act passed
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1936 |
- Rural Electrification Act passed
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- Ford Foundation created
- Rockefeller Foundation efforts result in yellow fever vaccine
- New Brunswick Foundation established (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
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1937 |
- Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act passed
- U.S. Housing Authority created
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- Houston Endowment created
- Lilly Endowment created
- Charles Hayden Foundation founded
- El Pomar Foundation founded
- Cub Scouts attempts to decrease juvenile delinquency
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1938 |
- Fair Labor Standard Act passed
- Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act passed
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- Olin Foundation founded
- Emily and Ernest Woodruff Foundation founded
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1939 |
- U.S. economy improves due to military contracts
- Crop insurance program initiated
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- Goodwill Industries collects used clothing and goods
- Little League works to decrease juvenile delinquency
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